Jess Lewis
@jesslewis.bsky.social
Engineer | PhD 👩🎓 Functional Med | Evidence based | Reversed MCAS through neuroregulation, nutrition, & integrated psychology
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April 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Honestly, my medical chart has more lore than the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.
April 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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New podcast episode: I joined the Autistic Culture Podcast to talk MCAS, neurodivergence, and recovering from the chaos of Covid + mold + medical gaslighting.
It's a lot—but also hopeful.
🎧 www.autisticculturepodcast.com/p/navigating...
#MCAS #Autism #LongCovid #Neurodivergent
It's a lot—but also hopeful.
🎧 www.autisticculturepodcast.com/p/navigating...
#MCAS #Autism #LongCovid #Neurodivergent
Navigating Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) with Jess Lewis (Episode 122)
Listen now | In this episode, Matt and Angela—joined by Jess Lewis—dive into the complexities of MCAS, exploring its links to autism, POTS, and the healing potential of functional medicine.
www.autisticculturepodcast.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New podcast episode: I joined the Autistic Culture Podcast to talk MCAS, neurodivergence, and recovering from the chaos of Covid + mold + medical gaslighting.
It's a lot—but also hopeful.
🎧 www.autisticculturepodcast.com/p/navigating...
#MCAS #Autism #LongCovid #Neurodivergent
It's a lot—but also hopeful.
🎧 www.autisticculturepodcast.com/p/navigating...
#MCAS #Autism #LongCovid #Neurodivergent
Long Covid has stolen health, careers, and stability from millions. For many, it triggered MCAS, POTS, and unrelenting fatigue.
This is a mass disabling event, and we still don’t have the research or treatment we need.
We can’t let this fade into silence. #LongCovidAwarenessDay 💜
This is a mass disabling event, and we still don’t have the research or treatment we need.
We can’t let this fade into silence. #LongCovidAwarenessDay 💜
March 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Long Covid has stolen health, careers, and stability from millions. For many, it triggered MCAS, POTS, and unrelenting fatigue.
This is a mass disabling event, and we still don’t have the research or treatment we need.
We can’t let this fade into silence. #LongCovidAwarenessDay 💜
This is a mass disabling event, and we still don’t have the research or treatment we need.
We can’t let this fade into silence. #LongCovidAwarenessDay 💜
If you have #LongCovid symptoms that you have not been able to figure out how to get beyond and you're STILL suffering, there is a more than 75% chance you have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Yes. It's true. And I want you to stop suffering this alone and get better. There IS a way.
#MCAS
#MCAS
March 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you have #LongCovid symptoms that you have not been able to figure out how to get beyond and you're STILL suffering, there is a more than 75% chance you have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Yes. It's true. And I want you to stop suffering this alone and get better. There IS a way.
#MCAS
#MCAS
TW: Animal stress, food processing
Did you know that stress levels before slaughter can increase histamine levels in meat? And that ground or aged meats tend to have even more histamine buildup? If you have histamine intolerance or MCAS, this could explain 🧵 (1/8)
#MCAS #HistamineIntolerance
Did you know that stress levels before slaughter can increase histamine levels in meat? And that ground or aged meats tend to have even more histamine buildup? If you have histamine intolerance or MCAS, this could explain 🧵 (1/8)
#MCAS #HistamineIntolerance
February 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
TW: Animal stress, food processing
Did you know that stress levels before slaughter can increase histamine levels in meat? And that ground or aged meats tend to have even more histamine buildup? If you have histamine intolerance or MCAS, this could explain 🧵 (1/8)
#MCAS #HistamineIntolerance
Did you know that stress levels before slaughter can increase histamine levels in meat? And that ground or aged meats tend to have even more histamine buildup? If you have histamine intolerance or MCAS, this could explain 🧵 (1/8)
#MCAS #HistamineIntolerance
RFK Jr. leading HHS is a fucking disaster.
For the disability, MCAS, & Long Covid communities, for medical research & public health—this is DANGEROUS. This man has pushed conspiracy theories over science for years, & now he’ll oversee the very systems that protect (or fail) us. 1/2
For the disability, MCAS, & Long Covid communities, for medical research & public health—this is DANGEROUS. This man has pushed conspiracy theories over science for years, & now he’ll oversee the very systems that protect (or fail) us. 1/2
February 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
RFK Jr. leading HHS is a fucking disaster.
For the disability, MCAS, & Long Covid communities, for medical research & public health—this is DANGEROUS. This man has pushed conspiracy theories over science for years, & now he’ll oversee the very systems that protect (or fail) us. 1/2
For the disability, MCAS, & Long Covid communities, for medical research & public health—this is DANGEROUS. This man has pushed conspiracy theories over science for years, & now he’ll oversee the very systems that protect (or fail) us. 1/2
MCAS recovery is frustrating because progress isn’t always linear. One day you’re thriving, the next, a mystery flare takes you out.
🔹 It’s not failure.
🔹 It is feedback.
Your body isn’t against you—it’s learning. Healing happens in patterns, not straight lines. Keep going. 💜
#MCAS #LongCovid
🔹 It’s not failure.
🔹 It is feedback.
Your body isn’t against you—it’s learning. Healing happens in patterns, not straight lines. Keep going. 💜
#MCAS #LongCovid
February 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
MCAS recovery is frustrating because progress isn’t always linear. One day you’re thriving, the next, a mystery flare takes you out.
🔹 It’s not failure.
🔹 It is feedback.
Your body isn’t against you—it’s learning. Healing happens in patterns, not straight lines. Keep going. 💜
#MCAS #LongCovid
🔹 It’s not failure.
🔹 It is feedback.
Your body isn’t against you—it’s learning. Healing happens in patterns, not straight lines. Keep going. 💜
#MCAS #LongCovid
Roses are red, violets are blue, we can’t have chocolate… but white chocolate will do. 💔💜
Histamine intolerance means skipping milk/dark chocolate, but white chocolate? Technically low histamine. Controversial? Absolutely. Like pineapple on pizza. 🍕🍍
Love it? Hate it? Let’s hear it. 👀
#MCAS
Histamine intolerance means skipping milk/dark chocolate, but white chocolate? Technically low histamine. Controversial? Absolutely. Like pineapple on pizza. 🍕🍍
Love it? Hate it? Let’s hear it. 👀
#MCAS
February 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Roses are red, violets are blue, we can’t have chocolate… but white chocolate will do. 💔💜
Histamine intolerance means skipping milk/dark chocolate, but white chocolate? Technically low histamine. Controversial? Absolutely. Like pineapple on pizza. 🍕🍍
Love it? Hate it? Let’s hear it. 👀
#MCAS
Histamine intolerance means skipping milk/dark chocolate, but white chocolate? Technically low histamine. Controversial? Absolutely. Like pineapple on pizza. 🍕🍍
Love it? Hate it? Let’s hear it. 👀
#MCAS
Did you know that viruses (like Covid 🦠) actually reshapes the body. It hits the gut, the nervous system, and for many, flips the mast cell switch into semi-permanent overdrive.
🔹 The gut: Viral damage disrupts DAO production, making it harder to break down histamine.
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#MCAS
🔹 The gut: Viral damage disrupts DAO production, making it harder to break down histamine.
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#MCAS
February 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Did you know that viruses (like Covid 🦠) actually reshapes the body. It hits the gut, the nervous system, and for many, flips the mast cell switch into semi-permanent overdrive.
🔹 The gut: Viral damage disrupts DAO production, making it harder to break down histamine.
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#MCAS
🔹 The gut: Viral damage disrupts DAO production, making it harder to break down histamine.
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#MCAS
Cries in systemic misogyny
February 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Cries in systemic misogyny
Anyone got any realtor recommendations out in Durango?
February 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Anyone got any realtor recommendations out in Durango?
Reposted by Jess Lewis
Women’s health. NIH. Erased
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
orwh.od.nih.gov
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Women’s health. NIH. Erased
Here’s a weird one: Did you know stress scrolling through social media can cause a massive histamine spike?
Stress signals your mast cells to release more histamine, making flares even worse.
Solution: Log off when you feel it creeping in. 💜 These past few weeks have been a LOT - protect yourself.
Stress signals your mast cells to release more histamine, making flares even worse.
Solution: Log off when you feel it creeping in. 💜 These past few weeks have been a LOT - protect yourself.
January 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Here’s a weird one: Did you know stress scrolling through social media can cause a massive histamine spike?
Stress signals your mast cells to release more histamine, making flares even worse.
Solution: Log off when you feel it creeping in. 💜 These past few weeks have been a LOT - protect yourself.
Stress signals your mast cells to release more histamine, making flares even worse.
Solution: Log off when you feel it creeping in. 💜 These past few weeks have been a LOT - protect yourself.
Reposted by Jess Lewis
January 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reposted by Jess Lewis
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
Reposted by Jess Lewis
Plus the effects go beyond the research at the institutions b/c the loss of funds (indirects) can affect many other things there. Losing faculty/ lab staff means local economies also suffer.
This really outlines the labor of the granting process on all ends. Excellent @choo.bsky.social
This really outlines the labor of the granting process on all ends. Excellent @choo.bsky.social
An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.
This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Plus the effects go beyond the research at the institutions b/c the loss of funds (indirects) can affect many other things there. Losing faculty/ lab staff means local economies also suffer.
This really outlines the labor of the granting process on all ends. Excellent @choo.bsky.social
This really outlines the labor of the granting process on all ends. Excellent @choo.bsky.social
Viral-triggered MCAS can feel like your body is constantly overreacting, like your mast cells are stuck in overdrive—because they ARE . I’ve been there—reacting to everything, feeling hopeless. But it’s not permanent. 1/2
#LongCovid #MCAS #dysautonomia
#LongCovid #MCAS #dysautonomia
January 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Viral-triggered MCAS can feel like your body is constantly overreacting, like your mast cells are stuck in overdrive—because they ARE . I’ve been there—reacting to everything, feeling hopeless. But it’s not permanent. 1/2
#LongCovid #MCAS #dysautonomia
#LongCovid #MCAS #dysautonomia
Reposted by Jess Lewis
For all my #BookSky friends that are trying to move away from the Bezos infrastructure, just a reminder that Goodreads is owned by him through Nash Holdings.
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Women Who Code - Empowering women to excel in tech careers
Women Who Code is on a mission to empower diverse women to excel in technology careers. We support engineers, developers, data scientists, architects, designers and other technologists with the resour...
www.womenwhocode.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For all my #BookSky friends that are trying to move away from the Bezos infrastructure, just a reminder that Goodreads is owned by him through Nash Holdings.
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
This is not going to go well for those that are suffering from disorders that already get very little attention. #MCAS #MECFS #LongCovid #POTS #EDS #ADHD
Freezing NIH funding and withdrawing from the WHO isn’t just shameful—it’s deadly. Public health relies on research, collaboration, and preparedness. These actions leave us vulnerable, and lives will be lost. Shadows rise when we abandon the light of progress and care. 🌗✨
January 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Let me make myself abundantly clear: healthcare and food are inherently political. If you’re asking me to 'stay out of politics,' you don't know who I am or how this works. Not in this world, not when the stakes are this high. 1/4
#nutrition #healthcareisahumanright
#nutrition #healthcareisahumanright
January 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Let me make myself abundantly clear: healthcare and food are inherently political. If you’re asking me to 'stay out of politics,' you don't know who I am or how this works. Not in this world, not when the stakes are this high. 1/4
#nutrition #healthcareisahumanright
#nutrition #healthcareisahumanright
Still reacting to a few 'safe' low-histamine foods?
MCAS science drop: When mast cells are overactive, they don't just react to histamine - they can degranulate in response to oxalates and salicylates too. That's why some 'safe' low-histamine foods might still trigger you. 1/2 #MCAS #longcovid
MCAS science drop: When mast cells are overactive, they don't just react to histamine - they can degranulate in response to oxalates and salicylates too. That's why some 'safe' low-histamine foods might still trigger you. 1/2 #MCAS #longcovid
January 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Still reacting to a few 'safe' low-histamine foods?
MCAS science drop: When mast cells are overactive, they don't just react to histamine - they can degranulate in response to oxalates and salicylates too. That's why some 'safe' low-histamine foods might still trigger you. 1/2 #MCAS #longcovid
MCAS science drop: When mast cells are overactive, they don't just react to histamine - they can degranulate in response to oxalates and salicylates too. That's why some 'safe' low-histamine foods might still trigger you. 1/2 #MCAS #longcovid
Over the years, I’ve witnessed how critical safe spaces are for those of us navigating MCAS. With *certain platforms* removing the ability to flag misinformation—AND exposing our health data to risks—I’ve decided it’s time to act. I cannot stay silent or expose our community to further risk. 1/4
January 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Over the years, I’ve witnessed how critical safe spaces are for those of us navigating MCAS. With *certain platforms* removing the ability to flag misinformation—AND exposing our health data to risks—I’ve decided it’s time to act. I cannot stay silent or expose our community to further risk. 1/4
I have several slots left for my Intro to Vagus Nerve Toning - we start in 45 minutes. It's FREE, it's short (30 min) for those with small energy-envelopes, and a great way to learn how to "reset" your nervous system. I think we can ALL use that these days. Registration is the 1st link in my bio.
January 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I have several slots left for my Intro to Vagus Nerve Toning - we start in 45 minutes. It's FREE, it's short (30 min) for those with small energy-envelopes, and a great way to learn how to "reset" your nervous system. I think we can ALL use that these days. Registration is the 1st link in my bio.
Motion sickness? —it might be in your DNA 🧬 (hello, MTHFR & COMT genes)
If you’ve ever wondered why travel makes you want to yeet your inner ear or how your genes might be plotting against you, I’ve got answers.
💡 Full story in my latest Substack. Link in bio. Let’s get nerdy! 🧠✨
If you’ve ever wondered why travel makes you want to yeet your inner ear or how your genes might be plotting against you, I’ve got answers.
💡 Full story in my latest Substack. Link in bio. Let’s get nerdy! 🧠✨
January 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Motion sickness? —it might be in your DNA 🧬 (hello, MTHFR & COMT genes)
If you’ve ever wondered why travel makes you want to yeet your inner ear or how your genes might be plotting against you, I’ve got answers.
💡 Full story in my latest Substack. Link in bio. Let’s get nerdy! 🧠✨
If you’ve ever wondered why travel makes you want to yeet your inner ear or how your genes might be plotting against you, I’ve got answers.
💡 Full story in my latest Substack. Link in bio. Let’s get nerdy! 🧠✨